Indian Sports Wrap, September 11: Prime Volleyball League is getting ready for the fourth season with 10 teams

VOLLEY-BALL

Prime Volleyball League is getting ready for the fourth season with 10 teams

Preparation for the fourth edition of the Prime Volleyball League (PVL) to be performed in Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad from 2 October, with the improved field of 10 teams after the addition of Goa Guardians, the organizers were enthusiastic about growing the game in the country.

«The competition has grown very well in the last three editions. It has strengthened the Indian volleyball because all players of the national team are part of the competition. India is 54 in the world. We are trying to bring more people this season and have joined YouTube for live streaming of matches of the management of the management.

It is said that the president of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Fabio Azevedo of Brazil was present in every edition of PVL, Sporting Indian clothing, Tuhin said that the international federation was enthusiastic about the growth of volleyball in India.

«They pay the national coach Dragan Mihailovic who is doing great,» Tuhin said.

Looking at the competition, he took the name David Lee, the coach of the Bengaluru torpedoes, who has the rich experience to have won the Olympic gold and bronze medals. The presence of such eminent coaches was seen as a healthy road ahead for the Indian Volleyball ecosystem.

«The Kolkata team has the coach from Iran, Naser Shahnazi. And Iran is the best volleyball team in Asia after Japan,» Tuhin said.

The CEO of PVL, Joy Bhattacharjya, said volleyball was a simple game, that was like a combination of chess and geometry.

«The corners make the game lively. The volleyball players jump higher than the basketball players. And it’s a very technical sport,» Joy said.

The fact that the Indian team recently finished in the Cava Championship in the Cava Championship was, apart from the Under-19 team that won the bronze, seen as clear indicators of India who appear as a force in the region.

«The Indian team can play the Olympic Games in 2032. We have a strong chance by 2036,» said Tuhin, suggesting that the strong work at the level of the base and the enormous passion for the game in many bags in the entire country, well strengthened for the future of the game.

– Team Sportstar

GOLF

Inaugural IGPL: Bhullar joins Binu in Lead with a map of 71

Gaganjeet Bhullar has realized his top invoicing with a steady 1st 71 that wore him to the top and in a part of the first place with overnight leader Shaurya Binu on day two of the inaugural IgPL Invitational Golf Tournament on Thursday.

Bhullar (70-71) and Binu (69-72) were both bound to 3-under when the opening event of the IGPL tour was in balance, with two others Kapil Kumar and Harendra Singh, on 1-under and two shots in the back of the third place.

Six others were even on a course that did not produce many low scores and resulted in a tightly modest classification for the last day.

No fewer than 10 players were within three shots of each other when the fight to become the first IGPL champion became intense.

Making it even more exciting was the presence of a female pro, Jahanvi Bakshi, who was in fifth place with five others and only three behind the leaders. A victory for her would be historical and do wonders for Jahanvi while she has been slowly returning from injuries in recent years.

Paying a lot of attention on a busy leaderboard were two debutant professionals, Karts Singh (73-71) and Veer Ganapathy (72-72).

Kartik, Veer and Jahanvi were bound in fifth place next to Sanju Kumar, the local man Ranjit Singh and Saarhak Chibber, who bounced back on the second day with the best of the day after a 75 on the first day.

Bhullar opened with a bogey but gathered with Birdies on the second and fourth before he converted a series of pars. He Birdied the 12th but gave that profit back on the 14th with a bogey for a 71 that brought him to 3 under.

Binu, who started the day as the only leader in 3-under, threatened to pull himself out of the field with early heroic deeds. He was on songs with three birdies against one bogey in the first seven holes.

After turning, he added another one in 12th to go three-under the day and six-under before the tournament.

Then he hit a disastrous patch with a Bogey-Double Bogey-Bogey from the 14th to the 16th and went 1-over par. A birdie on the 17th was like a balm for the last day. After 69 on the first day he finished par on the second day.

Karts Map suggests a roller coaster of a round with five birdies and three bogeys. Until the 16th, whom he birded, he cruised and shot at the total of 2-under for the leadership. Then the putting misery came when he closes the closing two Holes Bogey to fall back to even three behind the leaders.

Lying down were Kapil Kumar, who comes from a walff family, and Harendra Gupta, whose love for and success in the Chandigarh Golf Club is almost unparalleled.

The best woman in the field after two days was Jahanvi, the older sister of Hitaashehee, also an IGPL player, who is in Switzerland in Switzerland this week.

Six players, including Karts and Veer, belonged to the large group in fifth place.

– PTI

Pgti Nexgen: Sanjeev Kumar registers Maiden Victory

Local Lad Sanjeev Kumar came on Thursday with a five-under 65 in the third and final round to register his first victory in the PGTI Nexgen Golf Tournament in the Lucknow Golf Club on Thursday.

After he had been in charge of three shots at night, Sanjeev took advantage of his knowledge of the course to come up with a bogey-free effort.

The champion had a total seven-under 203 that helped him collect the check from the winner of RS.2.54,300.

Umed Kumar was two shots in the back in the second place and received RS.2,14,300.

«I played my best wave today. Played on my home grass, I had the advantage that I had to land my shots,» said Sanjeev, who leads the order of merit with RS.7,08,740.

After completing the seventh Nexgen event, it will have a break in November and will resume. The order of merit winner of the Nexgen Series will have direct access to the PGTI tour next year.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

SQUASH

PSA Challenger: Veer Chotrani is eligible for final

Top Seed Veer Chotrani Visened past Ming Hong Tang of Hong Kong 11-3, 11-6, 11-6 in the semi-final of the HCL $ 9,000 PSA Challenger Squash Tournament in the Otters Club on Thursday.

In the final, Veer Chi plays him from Hong Kong.

The final of the women will be between top seeds Amina El Rihany van Egypt and Tanvi Khanna. Amina had to fight her way past Ching Hei Fung in a four-game game that lasted almost an hour. Tanvi was 7-11, 4-5 behind when the second seed Akanksha Salunkhe retired.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

TENNIS

Prajewal DEV in quarterfinals ITF Bali event

Prajwal Dev defeated Joao Graca van Portugal with 7-6 (3), 6-0 in the pre-quarterfinals of the $ 30,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament in Bali, Indonesia, Thursday.

Prajwal also made the double quarter -finals as the best seed in collaboration with Nitin Kumar Sinha.

– Team Sportstar

FOOTBALL

Subroto Cup: Cisce Win Sub Junior Bours Title

Minerva Public School, Mohali, (CISCE) Vidyachal International School, Muzaffarpur hit 6-0 to win the Sub Junior Boys title in the Subroto Cup football tournament here on Thursday.

The last competition, held at the Yelahanga Air Force Station, Bengaluru showed the best of youth football and was attended by an enthusiastic audience.

The goals for Cisce were scored by Mahesh (4 ‘, 50+1’), Letgouhao Kipgen (19 ‘, 35’), Bickson (37 ‘) and Rimoson (42’).

The winners received RS. 4 Lakh, while the second place received RS. 2 Lakh.

– Team Sportstar

Published on September 11, 2025